Australia is world-renowned
for its contributions to international mycology, including the study of
cryptococcosis in humans and animals. We see fungal infections commonly in
companion animal practice, including malassezia (a yeast) and dermatophytes (ringworm)
species. Mycotoxins in human and animal food are a largely ignored global
health issue and will be discussed, as will fungal problems faced by our
overseas colleagues including blastomycosis, systemic mycoses and animals as sentinel species of fungal disease.

I am shouting out the
conference as the mycologists are “fungis” to be with. Get it? Fun guys! But
seriously, this conference represents a gathering of some of the most important
researchers in this field, working where human and animal health collide.

A scanned pic of Templeton, a ridgie x shepherd according to his DNA test.

Since publishing the result
of Phil’s DNA test, I’ve been contacted by others about surprising dog DNA test
results to determine breed status. Many owners are surprised that the test is
so accurate. But others aren’t so sure.

SAT reader Caroline sent me
this image of a Templeton, a dog whose owners wondered what he might be. They
might have been suspecting the DNA signature of a Chihuahua to pop up
somewhere, but according to the test, Templeton (pictured fully grown) is
a Ridgeback crossed with a German Shepherd. Interesting!

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